This is not a bad idea. With college athletes getting paid by their institutions within the next 3 seasons cost cutting will be coming from all directions. The Covid Virus has seriously depleted any cash that had been put away. Cuts in scholarships could go to 66 players. That's a 3 deep on each side of the ball. That would be 18 scholarships cut in football.
This rhetoric of college athletes eventually getting paid by their schools has been pushed as if it's inevitable. It isn't. You just said COVID has depleted funds so how are they going to afford to pay players then when they can't afford it now? Where is this money going to come from? And keep in mind, once a football player is paid, there will be another line for soccer players, softball players, track, etc., etc. Or else you will have massive lawsuits down their throats.
It's not going to happen. Besides, they're already being paid with a stipend (regardless if people think it's enough) on top of a college education, which includes meals, room, board, tuition, tutors, travel and life experience they never had till they got to college. This wave of political correctness has got to stop and must be stopped. Because now we see this "poor unfortunate" athlete who is being taken advantage of. B.S. being shoved down our throats.
No one talks about all the time, effort and money it takes for these schools to recruit these ever growing ungrateful athletes who are increasingly transferring at the drop of a hat. What you see is a growing sentiment towards the lack of importance of a college education. Calling it slavery is as ignorant as it gets. There are a lot of perks being associated with a university as an athlete, especially if they leave in good standing. No one talks about that either.
Paying these 18 to 22 year olds will ruin college football/sports and the college way of life forever. It's like saying being educated isn't enough. The money these schools are making off sports such as football, is going right back into their education upkeep and life while they are there.